Garment-fastener.



M. B. GROUT & W. EDISON.

Patented Oct. 28, 1913.

FFIGE.

MARTIN B. GROUT AND WILLIAM EDISON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GARMENT-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 28, 1913.

Application filed July 2?, 1910. Serial No. 574,078.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MARTI B. Gaou'r and VVILLIAM EDISON, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and. Stateof Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inGarmentFastener-s, of which the following is a full, clear concise, andexact description.

Our invention relates to a garment fastener or supporter and its objectis to provide a simple and inexpensive device for holding hose or othergarments in proper position, which may be readily astcned to orunfastened from a garment, and which will reliably hold a garment,however thin the fabric may be, without tearing or otherwise injuringthe same.

Our invention in its preferred embodi ment consists of a socket memberadapted to underlie the garment and a tongue member adapted to be placedover the garment and to be inserted, with such underlying portion of thegarment, through the socket or opening in said socket member, saidsocket and tongue members being so relatively constructed that theportion of the tongue member which. is inserted in said socket does notlie in parallel. relation with the walls of the socket member, but isslightly inclined with respect thereto. By such construction the tongueof said tongue member partially underlies the walls of the opening inthe socket member at one end and extends flush with the upper surfacethereof or even projects slightly above said upper surface at the otherend thereof, some portion of the tongue other than and in ad dition tothe base thereof extending between the sides of the opening in thesocket member, thereby providing against lateral play of said tonguemember and also causing the free end of said tongue to meet the frontwall of the socket member at an angle, there by more firmly biting thegarment and preventing the same from slipping.

The several features of our invention and two of the preferredembodiments thereof may be more readily understood by refer ence to theaccompanying drawings in which-.

Figure l is a view showing two of the garment fasteners suspended from acorset and supporting a hose; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the tonguemember; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the socket member; Fig. l is alongitudinal section through the two members in operative positionshowing a garment clasped thereby; Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. l.of a modified form of the invention; Fig. (3 is a perspective view ofthe tongue member shown in Fig". 5; and F159;. '7 is a perspective viewof the underside of the socket member shown in Fig. 5.

Similar reference characters are used to designate similar partsthroughout the several views. I

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1 to t, inclusive, the fastener orsupporter comprises a socket member 1 and a tongue memher 2, bothpreferably formed of sheetmetal, though it will be understood that themembers may be formed of other suitable material. 'lhe body portion ofthe socket mom her is in. the form of a loop 5, said socket memberhaving therein a longitudinal openin 3, which at one end (forconvenience designated as the upper end) is formed with. a restrictedthroat t. At the ends of the body portion of the socket member 1 areprovided transverse slots 6 and 7, respectively, forming eyes for thereception of the supporter band or elastic 8. As shown most clearly inFig. 4, the band 8 extends underneath the member 1 and at its lower endis carried over the end of the plate and is inserted through the slot 6thereof and then extends upwardly beneath the body portion of themember 1. It is then insorted through the slot 7 and extends up wardlytherefrom. It will thus be seen that on its underside the socket member1 is covered by the band 8 and hence there is no possibility of themetal thereof coming in contact with the body of the wearer.

The tongue member 2- is provided at one end with a tongue 9, forming aprolongation of the neck 10. said member being preferably bent at itsbase. that is the junction of the tongue 9 and neck 10, as indicated at11. so that said tongue and neck lie in parallel planes and extend inopposite directions. The bend 11 of the member 2 is of such width as tofit the restricted threat 4: of the member 1, and the tongue 9 is ofslightly less width than the width of the opening 3. Both in the case ofthe tongue 9 and opening 3 the length is preferably greater than thewidth thereof. Moreover, the tongue 9 is of greater length than thelength of the opening 3 inthe socket member 1 in order that when thetongue is in place, as shown in Fig. 1, the lower end thereof underliesand is retained in position by the lower end of the loop 5.

At its forward or lower end the tongue 9 is offset, being bentdownwardly, as at 12, and then in a direction approximately par allel tothe body of the tongue, thereby pro viding an end extension 13 adaptedto fit under the lower end of the loop 5. The tongue member 2 at itsupper end is provided with a transverse slot 14 to receive the band orelastic 8. As shown most clearly in Fig. 1, the socket member 1 isfastened, as above described, to one end of the band 8 and the tonguemember 2 to the other end thereof. The band 8 is thus adapted to beextended through and hang from a loop 15 upon a corset C or othergarment from which the supporter is suspended. We have thus providedsimple means by which the garment supporter is suspended from a garment,enabling the same to be readily attached or removed therefrom.

When a hose F or other garment is clasped by the garment fastener, asshown in Figs. 1 and 1, the tongue 9, near the bend 11, extendsunderneath the walls of the throat 4. Instead, however, of extending inparallel relation with the walls of the opening 3, the main portion ofthe tongue 9 extends up into the opening 3 so that at its lower end theupper surface of the tongue is approximately flush with or even extendsslightly above the upper surface of the loop 5. By such construction,lateral play of the tongue 9 is prevented by reason of the factthat saidtongue lies between the sides of the loop 5, and hence the danger of thegarment slipping by reason of such lateral play prevented. The extension13 underlies the lower end of the loop 5 and prevents the tongue frombeing withdrawn from the socket by a pull upon the band 8. Moreover, byreason of the inclination of the end 13 with respect to the portion ofthe loop which it underlies, the tongue 13 at its forward end bites thegarment more securely and thus securely holds the fabric. Id e havefound that, with the fastener thus constructed, even the thinnest silkhose is held se curely and does not slip free from the fastener.

In Figs. 5, 6 and 7, we have shown a modification of our inventionlikewise designed to dispose the tongue and socket members in suchrelation to each other as to prevent lateral movement of the tonguemember and to bring the lower end of the tongue at an acute angle withrespect to the underside of the loop of the socket member. In suchmodified form, the socket member 1 is of the same general constructionas that hereinbefore described exce t that at the lower end thereof theloop 5 is offset or bent upwardly as at 5 the underside of said offsetportion 5 being approximately flush with the upper surface of the otherportion of the loop 5. With such construction of the socket member, itis unnecessary to bend the tongue member at its lower end, and suchtongue member 2 is preferably provided with a tongue 9, the entirelength of which is in the same plane. As shown in Fig. 5, When thetongue member 2 is inserted in the socket member 1 with the lower end ofthe tongue 9 engaging beneath the lower end 5 of the loop, the tongue 9remains in general in the same relative position with respect to thesocket member as was the case in the modification hereinbeforedescribed, such tongue at its upper end underlying the loop 5 and at itslower end extending between the sides of said loop. Lateral movement ofthe tongue 9 is thus prevented and said tongue meets the offset 5 at anacute angle so that the lower end of the tongue 9 securely bites thegarment and prevents the same from slipping.

It will be noted that the socket member and the tongue member are notpivoted or otherwise secured to each other but are preferably secured tothe opposite ends of a band. The band can thus readily be insertedthrough and suspended from a loop and the tongue member can be readilyinserted in or removed from the socket member.

e do not wish to be understood as limiting ourselves to the precisestructure shown, since other modifications thereof may be made withinthe scope of the appended claims.

Ne claim 1. In a garment-fastener, the combination with a socket memberprovided with a longitudinally extending socket, of a tongue membercomprising a neck adapted to overlie the upper end of said socketmember, a downward bend adapted to fit between the sides of said socketmember and a forwardly extending tongue of slightly less width and ofslightly greater length than said socket, said tongue being therebyadapted to be inserted through said socket with the lower end of thetongue engaging the underside of the lower end 01" the socket member,one of said tongue and socket members being also offset at the lower endthereof to bring the lower end of the tongue member, in addition to saiddownward bend thereof, between the sides of said longitudinal socketwhen said members are operatively associated.

2. In a garment-fastener, the combination with a socket plate providedwith an opening therein, of a tongu'e" member having a tongue ofslightly greater length and slightly less width than said opening, saidtongue being adapted to be inserted through said opening in the socketplate, said tongue having a bend at the base thereof and also our namesthis. twenty-fifth day of July is bend at some distafnce from the base1dto A. 11,1910.

ring some portion 0 said ton ue in a ition to the base thereof up between the sides T 5 of said opening and thereby to provide two points ofcontact bet-Ween the tongue and Witnesses: each side of the socketplate. ALFRED H. MOORE, In Witness whereof We hereunto subscribe GEORGEE. FOLK.

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